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[–] C126@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I meant, how is it different than what I had before? What is vulkan 1.0?

[–] Specialpatrol@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

Some computer games and other graphics intensive apps are using vulkan, and they will now work with an nvidia card without needing to go get nvidias proprietary driver, which is often buggy due to not being properly tested with your desktop and system in general.